The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the countries of the world exceeded 12 million, according to the statistical platform "Worlddometer", including more than 3 million infections in the United States.
Of the total cases monitored globally, about 550,000 people have died, and about 7 million have recovered.
The United States remains the country worst hit by the Covid-19 epidemic caused by the emerging coronavirus, exceeding the threshold of 3 million infections less than a month after recording two million. The number of deaths reached about 134,000, according to the Worldwide platform.
However, the administration of President Donald Trump is determined to continue ending the general closure that has been imposed to reduce the spread of the disease.
"We have so far examined more than 39 million Americans. Of these, more than 3 million Americans have been injured, while more than 1.3 million have recovered," Vice President Mike Pence said at a White House news conference on Wednesday.
Pence pointed out that the most dangerous states currently in terms of the epidemic are Arizona, Florida and Texas, but he spoke of "initial indications" of stabilizing the percentage of infected people.
Trump's plans
The American Vice President called for ending the general closure and returning students to schools next fall according to new health regulations, saying, "It is necessary for students to return to the classroom to complete direct education. This is the right decision for our children."
Pence's comments came after he held a meeting with the Corona virus task force at the Ministry of Education, in the wake of the US president's threat to cut federal funding if schools do not open their doors next fall. Trump did not mention the nature of this funding.
Trump noted that countries like Germany, Denmark and Norway reopened schools "without problems", and he renewed his accusation by his Democratic opponents that they wanted to keep schools closed "for political reasons, and not because of any risks associated with the virus."
Drop student visas
On the other hand, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a lawsuit to freeze a Trump administration decision to drop visas for foreign students at universities that decided to conduct full classes online over the Coved-19 pandemic.
This came after the Immigration and Customs Agency announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not issue visas for students of study programs that will be conducted entirely over the Internet in the fall, and said that such students will not be allowed to enter the country.
Stone finish with hose
On the Arab level, life began to return again Wednesday to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after a closure that lasted nearly three months due to the Corona epidemic.
Traffic has returned to the streets of Khartoum, and shops and restaurants have opened their doors since morning.
The police removed the roadblocks they had erected on the main streets to monitor the curfew imposed since April 16.
The authorities announced the end of the complete closure, while maintaining the curfew during the night hours and closing the wedding halls and universities.